Faucet.



A. PAUL.

FAUCBT.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 13, 1912.

' Patented Feb. 24, 1914 ren.

ADOLF PAUL, 0F BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

FAUGET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 24, 1914.

Application filed November 13, 1912. v Serial No. 731,107.

To @ZZ whom it may concern.'

Tie it known that I, ADoLF PAUL, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Faucets, of which the following is a specification. l

This invention relates to improvements in faucets and particularly to that class wherein the gate or plug portion is partially rotated with relation to the body or fixed portion. its objects are, first, to provide faucets that require no rings, washers, disks or other forms of packing whatever, the parts being so arranged as to maintain, or even improve, their original non-leaking properties in use. Second, to provide means whereby such faucets have a uniform I feel, or tension in operation, and which are adjustable -as to Huid pressure or power to be exerted.

Third, to provide such faucets of a design that requires but a minimum of expense in construction, that combine strength with unusual lightness, and are of easy operation. rfliese and other objects are attained by the novel construction and combination of parts hereinafter fully described and shown in the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, and in which Figure 1 is a transverse vertical section of the faucet. F ig. 2 is a similar horizontal Isection taken on line 2-2 of Fig. 1, and, Fig. 3 is a side view of the plug or rotatable element.

rfhe invention comprises a body l0 having a flanged base portion 11 adapted to be secured to a. vertical wall as usual, and provided with a screw-threaded extension l2 for connection with the fluid supply pipe. The front portion of the body has a bored recess 13 extending from the top downwardly, intersecting the passage 14 which has an outlet through the down-turned spout 15.

Fitted to the bored recess 13 is the plug 11S having a chamber' 17 centrally forme with an open bottom and a side opening 1S leading thereto, capable of being turned so as to register with the passage 11 in the faucet body; the plug is provided with an enlarged upper portion 19 in which is formed a concentric annular groove Q0 adapted to fit over the body 10; there is further formed a circumferential groove 21 below the head portion and the end of theV plug 22 is also reduced to the diameter of the last named groove; the plug stem :23 may be square as at 2li and fitted with an operating handle 25 as usual.

At the front of the faucet and with the bored recess 13 is formed a vertical slot 26 extending downward from the top adapted to receive a gib 27, preferably made of spring bronze, having inwardly turned ends 28 and 29 fitting the groove 21 and end 2Q of the plug 16 in such manner as to secure it against longitudinal action within the bore of the faucet.

The eXtreme front of the faucet is enlarged or provided with a boss in which is an adjusting screw 30 having its point bearing against the back of the gib 27 and so arranged as to exert a tensional pressure therethrough to the faucet plug, keeping it always against the opening of the passageway 14; thus it will be seen that a uniform tension can readily be obtained suflicient to overcome any fluid pressure against it and that the power to operate is practically uniform under all conditions; it will also be evident that the plug is self-fitting, .the pressure of the spring gib tending to maintain a tight joint between the plug and passage-way opposite, unaffected by wear; hence no tight fitting of parts is required or the use of packings of any kind.

Having thus described my invention, what 1 claim as new and desire to secure by Leo ters Patent is :w

1, A faucet comprising a body having a passage-wav therethrough and an inter-nier diatc bore of larger, uniform diameter, a plug .7: `revolve in said bore, said plug having an open cin" l a side passage therein, and a spi son iu a rec ss formed in the bore of said body, adapted to contact with the plug at points a" and below the faucet inlet and con.'4 means for preventing lineal action of sau. plug.

2. 1n a faucet, the combinationwith a body and plug revoluble therein, of a spring gib set in a slot formed in the boi-e of said body opposite to the inlet passa projections extending inwardly from sait. gib at each cud thereof, said projections being adapted to cooperatively engage annu-- lar grooves formed in said plug whereby it is prevented from longiudinal action and pressed against the inlet passage, and a tenreo sion adjusting means for said gib whereby site to the inlet, said gib having inwardly turned portions adapted to engage with the grooves formed in the plug and a screw set -in the body impinging upon said gib opposite to the passage inlet.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

ADOLF PAUL. VWitnesses GEORGE SGHAEEER, WARREN E. WILLIS.

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